In life there are certain sores that, like a canker, gnaw
at the soul in solitude and diminish it.
Since generally it is the custom to relegate these
incredible sufferings to the realm of rare and singular
accidents and happenings, it is not possible to reveal
...them to anyone. If one does talk or write about them,
people pretend to accept them with sarcastic remarks and
dubious smiles, while adhering either to prevalent
beliefs or to their own ideas about them.